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TIL there are an estimated 50,000 undocumented Irish in the US

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NX46e TIL about Rocket Boots, invented by Soviet scientist Viktor Gordeyev. Instead of actual rockets, the boots were equipped with pistons filled with a fuel-air mixture. The boots enabled an average speed of 10.5 mph and a maximum speed of 22 mph.
WmRd TIL that we visited the moon before wheeled luggage was invented
d8MM7 TIL that in 2009, a man named Hjörtur Smárason bought the last McDonald’s burger in Iceland. It moved into storage at the national museum, and is now at Bus Hostel Reykjavik where there is a 24/7 live stream dedicated to it.
Y7Y6v TIL Only one country in the world, Guyana, produces all the food it needs to be self-sufficient.
OGaQL TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes.